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- 0:08Who was your first hire and was it a good choice? Oh, she was a fantastic choice because she's still with us to this day. She's an amazing girl called Aisling. And actually, that's a really good point because we started obviously with Vanessa and I, we made our product and then we were working and started.
- 0:27sending our products at lunchtime and in the evening. So when it came time to hire our first team member, you know, we definitely took on Ashton who had a creative background, but more generalist. So you need someone who can get stuff done, you know, like she was so amazing at, you know, bringing a little bit more structure to what we were doing. You know, she,
- 0:52getting the logistics sorted out, making sure that, you know, any issues were being dealt with. I mean, now we have 50 team members, so it's a different kind of situation. But Ashton has now moved through the company and is now very much an important part of our NPD process. So I think taking on somebody who's really organized, who is very accountable, very responsible, who gets stuff done, who figures it out, doesn't necessarily need to have...
- 1:21Although she had an amazing creative background, doesn't necessarily need to have like a specific skill set. I always think accounts is very helpful. But yeah, like an all rounder to start, I think is really important. And then as you grow, you just need more specific skills.
- 1:38um, hires and more specific team members to take more things in house and to focus on more channels and more, uh, more aspects of the business as you grow. Yeah. I love that. A generalist. Very cool.
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